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61 Cards in this Set
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Rain-Shadow effect
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Mountains block precipitation from falling in an area.
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Accretion
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The sea plates slide under the continental plates which cause the continent to grow outward.
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Brain drain
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The home country has a problem because their youths leave to study and work abroad.
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Command ecomony
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A system where economic decisions about production and distribution are made by central authority.
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Communism
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Society based on equality in which workers will control industrial production.
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Culture
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A way of life of a group of people who share the same beliefs in similar customs.
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Cultural Hearth
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Young civilization began.
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Desalination
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The removal of salt from sea water to make it useable for drinking and farming.
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Developing Country
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Country in process of becoming industrialized.
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Doldrums
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A frequently windless area near the equator.
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Emgargo
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A ban on trade
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Federal system
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A system where the powers are divided between national and state government
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Formal region
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A region defined by charactistic such as product and production
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Free trade
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A rule of trade barriers so that goods can flow freely between countries.
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High latitude
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Earth polar areas
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Human geography
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Study of human activity and analyze cultures
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Leeward
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Facing away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
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Low Latitudes
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Warm hot climate
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Mariana Trench
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Deepest known depression on earth
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Mid latitude
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Most variable weather on earth between tropic of cancer and artic circle
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Migration
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Movement of people from place to place.
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Mt. Everest
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Highest mountain in the world located in the himalayas mountains ranges between nepal and tibet.
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Natural increase
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Growth rate of a population; difference between birth rate and death rate.
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Negative population
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Death rate exceeds birth rate
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Oligarchy
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Small group holds power.
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Permafrost
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Permanent frost layer of soil beneath surface of the ground.
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Primary economic activities
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Involving taking or using natural resources directly from earth.
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Region
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Places united by specific charactistic.
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Revolution
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Earths rotation around the sun
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Rotation
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Earths way for day and night.
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Subsistence Farming
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Producing just enough food for a family or a village to survive
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Tertitary ecomonic activities
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Do not involve directly acquiring and remaking natural resources.
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Weather
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Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time.
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Subartic has the widest
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Temperature range
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Explosion
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An increase in birth rate is not a affect
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atmosphere keeps heat from escaping
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quicking into space
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amazon river
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2nd largest river 20% fresh water
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aztecs
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central amercia
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carnival
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biggest celebration after lent.
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chinanpas
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floating farming islands made by aztecs
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estuary
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where tide meets the river
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haiti
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1st to gain independence
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inca
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andes mts. storytelling
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lake nigaragua
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central americas largest lake
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lake titicaca
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south america largest lake
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maya
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known for glyphs pyramids and math skills
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mestizo
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mixed races
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NAFTA
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North America Free Trade Agreement
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manquilladoras
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factories set up by foreign countries
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primate city
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city that dominates a countries ecomony cultures and govt
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reforestation
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replanting treees that you can cut down
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shanty town
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makeshift town communities on the edge of cities
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simon bolivar
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"the liberator" led independence movement
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grand banks
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fishing area in canada
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retooling
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covering old factoried for use in new industries
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supercell
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violent thunderstorm
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undergorund railroad
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way for slaves to escape to the north
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transcontiental railroad
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built in the 1800's goes from east to west; open up western us to immigration and business
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tierra caliente
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banana sugar rice cacao
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tierra fria
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potatoes
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tierra templada
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coffee corn
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